While many students across the country are holding their breath following statewide orders for schools to remain closed, foreign exchange students are experiencing a different type of crisis.
Due to concerns about the decreasing safety of international travel and the possibility of countries closin...

On April 9, Governor Michael Parson announced that Missouri school districts will remain closed for the rest of the 2019-20 school year. Following this order, NKC Schools will continue eLearning until the end of the semester- May 22 for grades 9-11.
Senior activities, such as Seniors Honors Nig...

To help students and their families through the sudden transition to eLearning after spring break, NKC Schools launched a program where breakfast and lunch meals were delivered to bus stop locations every day of the school week. However, due to changing circumstances throughout the nation, NKC Schools...

To help parents and staff better understand and use eLearning, NKC Schools will be hosting various sessions from April 6 to April 8.
For "Parent University," NKC Schools will host several 30-minute sessions on Monday, April 6 and Thursday, April 9. Sign up for the sessions here.
For teachers, NKC Schools will host profess...

To maintain classtime structure as NKCSD classes switch to online, administration released an "eLearning Bell Schedule" for students and teachers to follow during normal school hours. While students are not required to be online all day, administration encourages the use of the eLearning schedule as...

Gathered in the dimly-lit auditorium, senior students watched a story of racial tension and resolution unfold, with the highs of the movie bringing some to insuppressible laughter and the lows bringing some to tears.
As part of a 10-day advisory lesson on equity and inclusion, students watched Rem...

On Feb. 2, 2020, 99.9 million viewers watched the biggest game of the year—the NFL Super Bowl. At 9:12 pm, quarterback Patrick Mahomes scored the winning touchdown of the 2020 Super Bowl with the rest of the Kansas City Chiefs football team. They brought home the Lombardi trophy that night, exactly 5...

As he entered the main gym, greeted with cheering students, surprise confetti cannons and his very own drumline, Dr. Eric Johnson was announced as Missouri’s Principal of the Year on Feb. 10.
The Missouri Association of Secondary School Principals (MoASSP) selected Dr. Johnson for the award out o...

After a decade of teaching ninth grade physics, science and mathematics teacher Marcia Holwick now spends her time lesson planning for her new Algebra II classes. Regular and Honors Physics classes, which were previously required to be taken by incoming freshmen, are no longer a graduation requirement as of the 2019-2...